this is for all of you who want to do this mod or want to know what it intails. hope that this helps all of you. http://www.geocities.com/bmwconversion
let me know if i missed something!

 

They should make a bumper like that for our maxi!

 

LOLOLOLOL

 

ok the 9006 is the low beam and the 9006 is the high beam

but good job.

 

comon tell me you wouldnt buy it, if they would make a bumper like that.

 

 

n34jz hes talking about a typo i had, and after he posted that i fixed it. do you think my write up is simple and makes sense?

 

wow that kit looks interesting on the car
sure doesnt look like a maxima

looky 3 red maximas in a row!!

 

and

 

yeah dennis it was good.

and If you dont like that bumper dont call it gay! what are you 7 years old? Ive been calling places all week trying to get someone to do a kit for us. If you dont like dont buy it, If you want to say something about it make a legit comment, "not thats gay."
I want something diferent than the stillen kit. SO GROW UP

 

yeah i'd have to agree...let's see...N34JZ is actually doing something good for the board, and trying to get something new. we may not all want it, but for those who do, he's trying. you on the other hand are just wasting our bandwidth.

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....hreadid=100557

 

 

I'm glad you made writeup as well, since a different set of instructions sometimes makes everything more clear once you read both.

Some suggestions to an otherwise good writeup:

-Maybe explain why some things are done. Like the cutting inside the headlight frame for instance.
-"Now all you need to do is on the back of the bmw headlights is some brackets for the bmw frame remove these (picture1)." a bit unclear there.
-At the very end where you basically tell them to make some brackets to attach the lights, maybe explicitly say something here like, "Now take that (scrap sheetmetal, etc) and make a bracket to mount it. You want to try and.. blah blah" Just because it sounds a bit too brief and ambiguous of what's trying to be accomplished. Maybe throw them a suggestion or two of how to mount it (like maybe give them the size and description of your particular bracket).

Hopefully constructive criticism.

Thanks for the writeup dnas!

 

im not in any position to give any help with the bracket because i have not attempted this yet. mine are not bolted in, and i havent figured out how to do it. i will explain more intailed, sorry if its to brief.

 

Attaching the light to the bracket was a little troublesome. I got some sheet metal and cut 4 4"x2" rectangles from sheet metal and used two rectangles for the top and bottom of each light. I positioned my light where I wanted them and then drilled two holes per rectangle. Next I attached each rectangle with two screws from the top. Then I took the whole bracket and light out and drilled the bottom rectangle on to hold the light to the bracket. I think it's attached on the third "ripple" of the bracket.

Confused? I hope that helped a little bit. I haven't had any problems at all, and it seemed to work well.

 

anything else? i fixed a few things. thanks for the feedback!

 

how did you align.. the bmw head lights?

when i first installed my e36 lights.... along with my hid system.. they were pointed at the ground.. so i drove around the whole night.. not able to see further than what my fog lights could put out..

im currently working on a new project.. what will enable me to adjust the e36 lights with a 10mm socket.. but so far.. my car has brackets similar to what u described.. i`ll let you know whats up when i get it done today..

but i was wondering how you got your headlamps with the e36 lights to align with the road properly?

 

close your garage door or any wall and pull your car up to it about 4-5 feet away then mark where you front tires are so you can make sure your in the same spot, then turn on your stock lights with chalk on your garage door mark how high and where your stock beam lands.
Then do the BMW lights and put your car in the same spot (use the tires marks) and aim the bmw lights by pointing them up,down,left,right untill they meet the stock light marks on the garage. add that dennis

 

screw that.. i finished my project.. which i utilized the stock BMW vertical adjusting thing,(which was apart of the plastic bracket which came with the BMW headlamp)

basically what i did was... cut the bmw bracket apart.. leaving me only the middle piece, which was the vertical adjusting unit.

then i trimmed the adjusting unit.. on top and on bottom.. so it can fit.. inside the maxima headlamp bracket..

then i had two screws drilled into the maxima bracket..and into the adjusting unit.. on to hold the bottom of the adjusting unit to the maxima bracket.. i used some form of glue.. which hardens like rock, like plastic bondo or something.. first what i did on the bottom to keep it steady was use super glue.. to hold the bottom bracket inplace.. then applied plastic bondo, to make sure it will never break.. (make sure what u use.. bonds with metal and plastic) because the adjusting unit is plastic.. and maxima bracket is metal

but you still have to cut the maxima bracket like the other write up such as sky max's... and you have to cut part of the maxima bracket out on top.... i`ll try to explain that later.. because it will help with pics..

but when your done you should be able to use the bmw vertical ajusting unit.. to manually align your headlamps with a 10mm socket.


i`ll try to get pics up, when i can find a driver that will work with win2k.. my digi cam only works with 98 or ME.

 

i was LOLing because of there was a thread that was talking about making that kit.

i think it is great.... i would buy it.

 

im in the middle of this job now,where do i go to get the harnesses i tried pep boys AND autozone,any part #s or anything?

 

your kidding me right?

 

yea im kidding you,im a postwhore...no seriously i went to pep boys and autozone and looked in the lighting section and didnt find it,asked at the counter and they had no idea what i was talkin about

 

Another option: Make the rectangle brackets and secure the lights to the housing, aiming them as best as possible in relation to the grille and side lights. Next, remove the headlights and brackets from the housing. Then, take a small radial grinder and cut slits (front to back) where the original holes are in the bracket that the screws went (or whatever you used, I used small bolts and nuts). Do this for the top bracket and the bottom. Now, re-install but, before tightening, you can now adjust the headlight up-down, left-right. That simple. Solved what little problem I had in aiming the lights. I did this just a couple of weeks ago with a cordless drill and small grinder kit from Walmart ( I think it was $9.99). I may had mentioned this idea in one of the write ups out there? Just my 2 cents.

 

hah ok, but next time before you start a project make sure you have everything before hand.

i got my harness's at auto zone.. its near the lighting section.. i dont know about your stores.. but i got mine near the fog lights.. and such

ask about replacement 9006 harness's and 9005.
i didnt have to ask because they had them on the shelf and i just took them off..

here is the partnumber for the 9006 bulb 85813

i already threw away the package's to the 9005 bulb.

 

ok got em at a parts distributer...BUT they only have 2 wires per harness..another thing,my stock harnesses...one side is black wire,red/blue,and red/green other side is black,red/black,and red/yellow,i need to know how to wire this i assume each bmw harness gets 1 black and which gets the other?i was using dnas's write up but ran into problems here...thanks

 

i figured you would understand that both 9006 and 9005 both have 2 wires (power and ground). then the stock harness has 3 wires in one batch. one is low beam, one is high beam, and one is ground and they both share the same ground. there really is no other logical way to safely run this.

 

word tru dat yo

 

Dnas, between your revised writeup and Skymax's I'd say you've done all you can do. Relax and crack open a cold one for a job well done.

 

basicly you said one is for high and one is for low on the stock harness...i was tryin to figure out which is which before i start soldering ****

 

This is why God created the "Voltmeter." Better yet, don't have one? Take a 12 volt bulb and socket and attach one wire to black (ground) and the other to either of the two wires left. Turn on the low beams, if the buld lights up....bingo. If it doesn't, then turn on the high beam to make sure.....is should light up. Well, if the bulb is good. If the bulb is bad, here's how you would change the bulb......

 

I used a continuity tester (it looks like a pen with a bulb inside it and a pointy tip) that only cost about $2.